PARK SLOPE — A man was arrested after swiping nearly $1,000 in printer ink from the Best Buy at the Atlantic Center mall, according to a police report.
Police arrested the 38-year-old thief after a store employee saw him remove 19 packages of the pricey ink without paying Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m., the report stated.
Other recent crimes in the 78th Precinct include the following, with details coming from police reports:
► A mom's phone was stolen while she was loading groceries into her car at the Key Food on Fifth Avenue and Baltic Street on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. The 30-year-old victim told police a man offered to help her as she was putting her shopping bags into her car in the store's parking lot. At the time, her phone was in her purse hanging off her son’s stroller. The mom declined the man’s offer of help and a short time later she realized her gold iPhone 7 Plus was missing. She told police the phone cost $1,000.
► Two men were arrested after breaking into an apartment on First Street and Fifth Avenue on Oct. 24 at 8:35 p.m. One of the burglars told police: "You can't cuff me, I didn't do anything." The other asked officers: "Do you have a search warrant?"
► A 22-year-old woman's rose gold iPhone 6S Plus was stolen after she left it charging in the lobby of New York Methodist hospital on Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue on Oct. 24 at 3:30 p.m.
► A 31-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on 12th Street and Third Avenue on Oct. 28 at 6:35 p.m.
► A $300 Trek bike was stolen Oct. 24 from inside an apartment building on Prospect Park West and Third Street after the owner left it unlocked and unattended in the building's hallway.
Overall, major crime in the 78th Precinct has dropped 9 percent this year compared to the same period in 2015, according to the most recent statistics from the NYPD. There were 728 major crimes reported between Jan. 1 and Oct. 23, 2016, and 802 major crimes during that period in 2015.
Editor's note: The 78th Precinct does not regularly provide information to the media on open cases involving major crimes such as robbery, grand larceny, rape, burglary and felony assault. Some information on those crimes can be found on the NYPD's CompStat 2.0 website and on the NYPD's NYC Crime Map.
